TANZANIA VS KUWAIT: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KUWAIT		TANZANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	49,972	9	13,215	+ 36,758
Road Traffic Accidents	2	13,959	5	18,054	- 4,095
Stroke	3	12,882	7	16,894	- 4,012
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	7,308	2	26,028	- 18,720
Hypertension	5	5,506	17	5,209	+ 298
Diabetes Mellitus	6	5,203	15	6,247	- 1,044
Breast Cancer	7	4,942	37	1,285	+ 3,658
Kidney Disease	8	4,383	19	4,547	- 164
Congenital Anomalies	9	4,340	11	9,791	- 5,451
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	4,262	33	1,567	+ 2,694
Liver Disease	11	4,120	13	6,586	- 2,465
Lung Cancers	12	3,468	61	159	+ 3,309
Low Birth Weight	13	3,386	10	12,173	- 8,787
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	2,998	27	2,048	+ 950
Lymphomas	15	2,828	41	805	+ 2,022
Liver Cancer	16	2,777	36	1,413	+ 1,364
Leukemia	17	2,640	47	416	+ 2,224
Suicide	18	2,630	24	2,474	+ 156
Falls	19	2,201	34	1,533	+ 668
Pancreas Cancer	20	1,902	62	158	+ 1,745
Lung Disease	21	1,807	22	3,051	- 1,244
Other Injuries	22	1,779	20	4,270	- 2,491
Violence	23	1,602	18	4,713	- 3,110
Oral Cancer	24	1,589	31	1,646	- 57
Stomach Cancer	25	1,542	39	1,190	+ 352
Prostate Cancer	26	1,254	28	1,819	- 566
Bladder Cancer	27	1,119	44	667	+ 452
Endocrine Disorders	28	936	29	1,778	- 842
Ovary Cancer	29	892	53	337	+ 555
Drug Use	30	822	48	404	+ 418
Inflammatory/Heart	31	781	38	1,227	- 447
Oesophagus Cancer	32	757	25	2,247	- 1,491
Cervical Cancer	33	685	14	6,424	- 5,739
Tuberculosis	34	663	4	20,269	- 19,606
Uterin Cancer	35	660	57	218	+ 442
Parkinson's Disease	36	616	45	513	+ 103
Skin Cancers	37	612	42	744	- 133
Fires	38	595	35	1,424	- 829
Epilepsy	39	469	43	707	- 238
Asthma	40	460	30	1,700	- 1,240
Drownings	41	418	32	1,642	- 1,224
Poisonings	42	349	40	1,170	- 821
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	296	46	462	- 166
Alcohol	44	249	56	270	- 21
Meningitis	45	197	21	3,188	- 2,992
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	182	50	401	- 219
Birth Trauma	47	157	8	15,086	- 14,929
HIV/AIDS	48	147	1	27,402	- 27,255
Diarrhoeal diseases	49	133	6	17,587	- 17,454
Multiple Sclerosis	50	99	68	27	+ 72
Other Neoplasms	51	91	64	58	+ 33
Encephalitis	52	89	59	199	- 110
Skin Disease	53	79	52	359	- 281
Maternal Conditions	54	76	12	6,835	- 6,759
Appendicitis	55	32	58	218	- 186
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	21	63	81	- 60
War	57	18	67	30	- 12
Hepatitis B	58	16	60	168	- 153
Hepatitis C	59	10	66	40	- 30
Malnutrition	60	8	16	5,574	- 5,567
Measles	61	3	55	295	- 291
Upper Respiratory	62	2	54	299	- 297
Pertussis	63	1	23	2,774	- 2,773
Syphilis	64	1	26	2,115	- 2,114
Chlamydia	65	1	71	9	- 8
Tetanus	66	1	49	402	- 401
Dengue	67	0	73	2	- 1
Diphtheria	68	0	70	11	- 11
Otitis Media	69	0	69	17	- 17
Leprosy	70	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	74	0	- 0
Ascariasis	73	0	65	56	- 56
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	72	3	- 3
Leishmaniasis	76	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	51	371	- 371
Malaria	78	0	3	21,758	- 21,758
Chagas disease	79	0	78	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TANZANIA

Kuwait

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THE INTELLECTUAL EXERCISE

The point of this intellectual exercise is to measure what would happen if two countries shared the same leading causes of death. To make these comparisons possible we equalized the population and used total deaths for each country's top 10 causes to simulate an "Exchange." Use the chart on the left to sort by the country name and use the summary plus and minus column to measure the differences in total deaths.

Life Expectancy statistics are calculated the same way everywhere in the world, but what we die from can be very different depending upon where we live. Despite these differences, with rare exception, the top 10 causes of death for any given country will represent between 70-80% of their total deaths. This is an intellectual exercise only, not a comparison of which country is healthier or to challenge existing life expectancy rankings. If you prefer to see total deaths for over 80 causes and choose your own countries to compare go here: https://www.globallifeexpectancy.com/world-rankings-total-deaths

ABOUT OUR DATA

All meaningful comparisons between countries should be made using the same data source and year. The most reliable source for International comparisons is the World Health Organization because it is standardized for cross cultural comparisons. It is also reviewed annually, which often makes it more current than individual country data that can take years to compile. The WHO data includes individual country "projections," that are calculated based upon an annual consultation with each country before it is published. There are differences however, such as WHO data separates different forms of heart disease and cancer and combines Alzheimer's with Dementia. In this top 10 comparison WHO data for both countries was used.